Tip for webbing



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A. V. BROWN TIP FOR WEBBING Filed Aug.' 30 1922 d-mzoza To W72.

jz/zvzfor Patented Nov. 4, 1924.

ilNiTiElD STATES FATEZNT OFFICE.

ARNOLD V. BROWN, 01: WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN NAB- ROW FABRIC COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

TIP FOR WEBBING.

Application filed August-30, 192

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ARNOLD V, BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at l/Vorcester, in the county of Vorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Tip for \Vebbing, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in the webbing tip shown and claimed in my Patent No. 1,420,812, patented June 27, 1922. In that patent the tip which is shown in various forms therein was applied to the webbing at its end in such a way as to form a hook for the bottom of the back plate of the usual buckle used on a hose supporter. In assembling these parts, the tip or clip previously fastened to the end of the webbing was brought into position adjacent to the buckle so that the hook engaged the bottom edge of the back of the buckle and thus eliminated the necessity of stitching the webbing and provided a readily detachable connection and one that was easily assembled by the operator.

The said device is used in connection with a garment clasp depending from a loop formed in the webbing below the buckle. The connection of the clasp to the tape is provided for by a wire loop having at the top a horizontal cross bar which extends through the loop in the tape. Now I find in practice that this cross bar should be placed at the bottom of the tip. \Vhen assembled in the factory the location of the cross bar in that place enables the operator to handle the whole device easily and accurately and to assemble a series of them so that they all would be in the same position and in other words, be uniform.

The object of this invention is to pro vide means whereby this cross bar will naturally be located exactly at the end of the tip and will be held in that position while being assembled and afterwards to secure this uniformity and permit the assembler to handle the articles all in the same way and with dispatch.

The invention consists in the provision of the tip itself with means for centering and registering the said cross bar as stated above.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a stocking supporter with a preferred embodiment of this invention applied thereto;

Serial No. 585,234.

Fig. 2 isa side View of the same partly in section;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the tip itself, and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged transverse sectional view of the tip with the buckle and webbing in place as the parts are assembled.

The invention is shown as applied to the back plate 10 of a buckle 11 of well known form which is designed to be connected with the lower loop end of a piece of webbing 12. It is also shown as provided with a hose supporter clasp 13 below which is supported above by a wire loop 15 having a cross bar 14 at the top of well known.

construction.

All' the objects of the tip which is the subject of my above mentioned patent are retained herein and they need not be described again in full but the tip is shown as comprising a piece of sheet metal bent into ashape to provide it with two sides 16 and 17, spaced apart. These are not made quite parallel with each other but one of them, as 16, flares out. On the other 17. are located integral teeth or prongs 18 at right angles to its projecting toward the other side for entering the lower end of the webbing and anchoring the tip thereto as in my above mentioned patent.

The bottom of the tip which connects the two parts 16 and 17 is the subject of the present improvement. This, instead of being convex, is made with a longitudinal groove 19 on it so that it is concave on the bottom. This groove is arranged centrally preferably and extends from end to end and is employed for the purpose of receiving the cross bar 14 within it, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. If the tip is made in any of the other ways shown in said patent a corresponding concave locating feature is provided.

Now, when the article is assembled the extreme lower end of the webbing 12 is penetrated by the prongs 18 so as to aflix the tip of it. This brings the slide 17 into vertical position and leaves the part 16 inclined outwardly to form the hook set forth in said patent, which receives the back plate 10 behind it, that is, between it and the webbing. These parts are left in this position in assembling, the hook 16 projecting out slightly at the rear, and the webbing is brought up over the front of the back plate and down behind it clear to the bottom and then up through the buckle under the clamping plate 11, leaving a loop 21 below. While this loop is being formed the webbing is placed through the wire loop 15 under the cross bar 1 1- at its top so that this is supported by the loop in the usual way. How ever, in this case the operator in assembling Wishes to draw the loop up tight, as shown in Figs. 2 and This automatically brings the cross bar into the groove 19 and insures that the loop 15 will be in the plane of the back 10 of the buckle, This obviously prevents this cross bar from being assembled either in front of the back plate of the buckle or behind it, thus facilitating the assemblage very much and enabling the operator to assemble them all alike and handle them conveniently. This provides a fixed positive point of contact for the loop part of the hose supporter of which said cross bar forms the top.

In assembling the various parts which go to make up the complete hose supporter, it is very desirable that each part should be easily and quickly placed in its proper position, thus avoiding false motions and repetitions. f the cross bar should be assembled on either side of the rack, the assembler has to draw it out of that position and bring it down to the right position, thus wasting considerable time.

By having such a socket or recess formed in the end or apex of the tip at the bottom much time and expense is saved and it insures proper position of the loop or cross bar at all times.

Although I have illustrated and described only a single form of the invention, I am aware of the fact that modifications can be made therein by any person skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention as expressed in the claims. There fore, I do not wish to be limited to all the details of construction herein shown and described but what I do claim is:

1. As an article of manufacture a tip for the end of a piece of webbing comprising two sides, one adapted to be attached to the webbing at the lower end and the other extending upwardly on the opposite side of the webbing and flaring outwardly therefrom for receiving the bottom of a buckle back between it and the webbing, said tip having a concave surface at its lower end for receiving centering and locating the cross bar of a wire loop member supported by the webbing below.

2. its an article of manufacture, a metallic tip for the end of a piece of webbing comprising 'vo sides, one having prongs for engaging the webbing, and the other flaring away from the same upwardly, said sides being connected across at the bottom by a or connection concave on the bottom.

3. As an article of manufacture, a metallic tip for the end of a piece of webbing comprising two sides connected across at the bottom by a cross section concave on the bottom.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto ed my signature. v

ARNOLD V. BROWN. 

